SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 MEETING.

Last Friday’s meeting concerning employee relations was superb. The speaker kept our attention and the knowledge gained was very valuable.

Thanks for a great learning experience,

Dr. Ken Chancey

Message from Dr. Daniel Pittman

Wow! What an eye opening experience we had with Dan Sinas on Friday. He sure had such a wealth of PR knowledge to impart to us. I am excited to implement this in my own practice.

So, how important is your staff? Apparently, the most important asset we have yet can be the biggest liability. This double edge sword is extremely important for us to balance as we look at the bottom line in our practice. Remember to rate your employees on an A, B, C basis. The A employees you have to keep challenged, keep educated, and possibly pay more. With the B employees, you will have to spend time with them, send them to further their education, or possibly redeploy them. Unfortunately, the C employees and the bad apples have to be let go. But, if you let them go, documentation as was discussed in the meeting is a must! Remember how thorough all the groups were in the scenarios. We should be that thorough on a day to day basis…This stuff is important folks!

Acquire, Develop and Retain...

From the new hire to our favorite long term employee, we should keep in mind retention and how to keep our Straight As!

I challenge all of you, as well as myself to develop an office manual by the first of the year. Let’s revisit this topic and share our manual next year to gain more ideas to make our very own PR department run smoothly.

Books that you should read

Brad Smart Top Grading

Jim Collins Good to Great

 Remember, the next meeting of the WDSG will be on Oct 13^th with Ballihoo Marketing. Ballihoo is an independent firm that will help us with our websites and give some great information on online marketing.

Hope everyone has a great few weeks ahead of them!

Until next time,

Daniel M. Pittman, DMD

Director, Wiregrass Dental Study Group

Our next meeting is as follows: Hope to see you there.

Friday,  September 23^rd

8:00 a.m.  – 12:00 p.m.

TOYOTA OF DOTHAN

Doctors and staff         8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Doctors Only                10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Dan Sinas, Vice President Human Resources

Personnel Resources/PRemployer/Prinsurance

Dan has spent his entire career in human resources management, for Fortune 100 companies, as well as, smaller, privately owned enterprises. After graduating from Michigan State University with a Masters Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations, Dan currently directs the human resources consulting services for the PRcompanies, which own and operate businesses involved in human resources outsourcing, recruiting, staffing and business coaching. 

Dan provides hundreds of clients with solutions to their human resources issues, guides them through the myriad of employment laws and regulations, and is also responsible for overseeing all risk management activities and services. He has conducted extensive training in the areas of employment law, regulatory compliance, performance management, effective supervision and management, and employee recruitment, interviewing and selection.

                                                         

         

Please RSVP by September 19^th

Kathy or Shelby office 334.793.7232 fax 334.712.7220

kathy@dothanperio.com

Food Provided by RSVP